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Tim Gavrich
Senior Writer
Tim Gavrich is a Senior Writer for GolfPass. A student of course design since he took up the game at age six, he played for his college team at Washington and Lee University and still tries to tee it up in competition whenever possible. He has been involved in the golf industry since 2011, and has written full-time about golf travel and architecture since 2014.
A native of Avon, Connecticut now residing in Vero Beach, Florida, he has played golf on two continents so far and is not too bad on Bermuda greens for a left-handed New Englander. Follow him on Twitter @TimGavrich and on Instagram @TimGavrich.
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December 11, 2024
A review of the hottest putter on the market and other holiday gifts and goodies feature in our final Gear Report of the year.
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December 8, 2024
Polos, irons, rangefinders and more make our list of best golf products of the year.
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December 8, 2024
Happy to be there.
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December 5, 2024
New ownership strives to help Fripp Island stand out among South Carolina’s coastal golf destinations.
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November 30, 2024
Some of the most useful golf products are stunningly inexpensive.
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November 25, 2024
Thanksgiving week brings golf's best Black Friday deals.
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November 25, 2024
More than 140 deep, challenging bunkers add drama and challenge to a clever routing by architects Kyle Franz and Mike Koprowski.
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November 18, 2024
In Las Vegas, the LPGA Tour winner and Jim 'Bones' MacKay delve into strategy, course management and some simple, instantly-helpful techniques.
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November 17, 2024
These golf tchotchkes are so bizarre and cringeworthy that we only recommend giving them as a joke.
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November 14, 2024
Most specialty clubs stink. This one doesn't.
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November 13, 2024
Golf course news & notes: November, 2024.
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November 5, 2024
Which of the three new resorts in the Florida Panhandle, east Texas and eastern Colorado will hit it big for Dream Golf?
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October 28, 2024
We share shopping suggestions for the latest sets of clubs, fall fashion, holiday-themed golf balls, a golf book and more.
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October 28, 2024
Golf travelers face tough decisions when picking where to visit for their next golf trip.
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October 23, 2024
Hall-of-Famer Mickey Mantle spent his last years at the Harbor Club at Lake Oconee, a highly-rated and publicly-accessible Georgia gem.
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October 23, 2024
Here comes the golf cart.
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October 21, 2024
Make your next shot - and your next round - a good one with these bookmark-worthy videos.
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October 18, 2024
Golf course news and notes: October, 2024.
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October 14, 2024
Squeezing in some golf around a wedding weekend is always a good move.
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October 14, 2024
Originally circulated amongst pros in the fall of 2000, the game-changing golf ball nears a quarter-century as the gold standard.
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October 10, 2024
While most of the new Rules of Golf instituted in 2019 have been an improvement, others seem to be creating more problems than they've solved.
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October 9, 2024
As on-course footwear gradually draws influence from hiking, cross-training and high fashion, does there even need to be a distinct category of 'golf shoes' anymore?
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October 7, 2024
Just three months after its annual Prime Days sale, the e-commerce giant is back with more discounted merchandise, including some appealing offers for golfers.
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October 6, 2024
The final design of a particular architect functions as a sort of memorial as well as a golf course. Such is the case with the PGA Tour's newest venue, Black Desert, in Utah.
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October 3, 2024
From Florida up through the Carolinas, many golf courses have suffered varying degrees of damage from late September's storm.
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October 1, 2024
They're longer than 'executive' or 'short' courses, but offer plenty of challenge and variety.
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September 30, 2024
We compiled some of the most well-known statues in the game of golf, paying tribute to golfers like Palmer, Nicklaus, Jones, Hogan and many more.
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September 25, 2024
New golf balls, snazzy 'golf' shoes, a new golf game and more highlight this month's golf product picks slate.
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September 22, 2024
The oldest golf club in North America greets the American and International teams with a midcentury-modern parkland course whose closing stretch is tuned for match-play drama.
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September 20, 2024
The hit GolfPass series is back; here are the tips you need to watch first.
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September 17, 2024
It takes village to raise a golfer.
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September 16, 2024
Ill-fitting, garish kids' golf clothes are so out-of-style. These brands put just as much thought into their junior lines as the big names do.
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September 15, 2024
Four venerable championships, and the links golf courses that host them, anchor some of the best Ireland golf vacation itineraries.
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September 11, 2024
These golf courses that opened in 1924 include publicly accessible gems designed by Donald Ross and other Golden Age architects.
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September 11, 2024
One of the world's greatest courses hosts the DP World Tour for the first time in nine years. Stream the action on GolfPass this weekend.
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September 9, 2024
In the battle between the newest Open Championship layout and the perennial world-top-10 course, every golfer wins.
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September 9, 2024
Golf course news & notes: September, 2024.
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September 4, 2024
Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler will team up against Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka in December in Sin City.
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September 3, 2024
A new event in southwestern Utah raises philosophical questions the PGA Tour will eventually need to confront.
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August 29, 2024
An hour northeast of Atlanta, this mature, picturesque property serves couples and buddy groups well.
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August 29, 2024
The decade is almost half-over, and has produced some of America's - and the world's - most engaging golf courses.
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August 28, 2024
A new PXG putter, new adidas shoes, stylish new grips and more highlight this month's slate of most interesting new golf products.
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August 21, 2024
In 'The Swing Lab,' Devan Bonebrake analyzes the swings of some of the world's greatest golfers in order to help you play your best.
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August 20, 2024
Operation 36, an onboarding method detailed in GolfPass' new series with Rory McIlroy, helps new golfers develop their short game and build confidence.
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August 12, 2024
Golf course news and notes: August, 2024.
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August 11, 2024
Golf imagery has been used in popular music for decades.
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August 7, 2024
The Scottsdale-based brand's latest release combines the thinnest iron face in golf with more reactive inner materials to deliver better distance and feel than any previous generation of irons.
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August 7, 2024
Latest release from Bob Parsons' golf equipment company promises consistency and high spin in three different grinds.
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August 6, 2024
The game is running hotter than ever in recent years. Does it need to slow down in order to find itself?
